Chlorinator for aerobic waste treatment systems

Abstract

A chlorinator for aerobic waste treatment systems that is in functional attachment with a waste stream and that includes a plurality of chlorine tablets therein. The chlorinator includes a cylinder portion that has a plurality of openings therethrough providing fluid communication between the waste stream and the plurality of chlorine tablets so that the waste stream comes into contact with all surfaces of at least one of the chlorine tablets. The cylinder portion of the chlorinator also includes an inner surface which has a coating that is non-reactive with the chlorine tablets and that enables the chlorine tablets to slide thereon. The waste stream comprises septic wastewater, which originates from toilet systems, and grey wastewater, which originates from somewhere other than toilet systems. The chlorinator also includes a device for selectively treating the septic wastewater with the chlorine tablets and not treating the grey wastewater with the chlorine tablets. In the preferred embodiment, a device for selectively treating comprises a passageway that provides fluid communication between the upstream side of the waste stream and the base portion of the chlorinator without directing any of the relevant fluid through the cylinder portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.